items tagged with Astronomy
Penny Sackett is Australia's new chief scientist: full time
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-29 20:24:10
The Australian Federal Government has named an astronomer, Professor Penny Sackett as its new chief scientist and elevated the position to a full time role.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-29 20:24:10
The Australian Federal Government has named an astronomer, Professor Penny Sackett as its new chief scientist and elevated the position to a full time role.
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Astronomers (probably) take 1st direct pix of planet orbiting star
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-16 08:54:29
Canadian astronomers have discovered and photographed for the first time what they think is a normal sized exosolar planet (exoplanet) orbiting a star other than the Sun. However, if true it could change our theories of planet formation.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-16 08:54:29
Canadian astronomers have discovered and photographed for the first time what they think is a normal sized exosolar planet (exoplanet) orbiting a star other than the Sun. However, if true it could change our theories of planet formation.
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Hubble finds mysterious object SCP 06F6! What is it?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-14 10:51:24
An international team of astronomers has found an object in deep space, which they call SCP 06F6, using the Hubble Space Telescope during a Cluster Supernova Survey. Unfortunately, the object doesn’t match up to any known astronomical body ever classified before.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-14 10:51:24
An international team of astronomers has found an object in deep space, which they call SCP 06F6, using the Hubble Space Telescope during a Cluster Supernova Survey. Unfortunately, the object doesn’t match up to any known astronomical body ever classified before.
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United States-sized telescope views structure of Milky Way’s black hole
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-04 09:32:46
American-German-Dutch astronomers combined radio telescopes in California, Arizona, and Hawaii to make a very long baseline interferometer (VLBI)--a "virtual" telescope. It was able to measure the structure within Sagittarius A*, what is believed to be the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-04 09:32:46
American-German-Dutch astronomers combined radio telescopes in California, Arizona, and Hawaii to make a very long baseline interferometer (VLBI)--a "virtual" telescope. It was able to measure the structure within Sagittarius A*, what is believed to be the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
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Dark matter and ordinary matter separate as two massive galaxies collide
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-28 13:02:52
Astronomers identify that dark matter is different from ordinary matter when they pointed the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory toward two very large merging galaxies that are forming the galactic cluster MACSJ0025.4-1222.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-28 13:02:52
Astronomers identify that dark matter is different from ordinary matter when they pointed the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory toward two very large merging galaxies that are forming the galactic cluster MACSJ0025.4-1222.
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New solar system member is tail-less comet called 2006 SQ372
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-22 11:29:21
The comet called 2006 SQ372 was discovered in 2007 to be about two billion miles (three billion kilometers) from Earth, a bit closer than the orbit of Neptune, on a 22,000-to-32,000 year trip around the Sun. Where it came from is still being hypothesized by its discoverers and other astronomers.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-22 11:29:21
The comet called 2006 SQ372 was discovered in 2007 to be about two billion miles (three billion kilometers) from Earth, a bit closer than the orbit of Neptune, on a 22,000-to-32,000 year trip around the Sun. Where it came from is still being hypothesized by its discoverers and other astronomers.
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Western North America gets best shot for 2008 Perseid meteor shower
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-11 08:22:08
The morning of Tuesday, August 12, 2008, is the best time to see the most meteors of the Perseids, and the people of the western portion of the United States and Canada will be located in the prime viewing area for it.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-11 08:22:08
The morning of Tuesday, August 12, 2008, is the best time to see the most meteors of the Perseids, and the people of the western portion of the United States and Canada will be located in the prime viewing area for it.
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Let earth-grazing show begin: 2008 Perseid meteor shower
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-06 10:20:54
Friday, August 8 to Thursday, August 14, 2008 is the approximate dates for skygazers on Earth to see the Perseids at its best. Skygazers will get a great chance to see the Earth-grazing meteors of the Perseids!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-06 10:20:54
Friday, August 8 to Thursday, August 14, 2008 is the approximate dates for skygazers on Earth to see the Perseids at its best. Skygazers will get a great chance to see the Earth-grazing meteors of the Perseids!
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North Star dims for a century, suddenly gets brighter
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-22 08:07:50
After about one hundred years of growing increasingly dimmer, the North Star (Polaris), according to international astronomers, is now growing brighter. Why it’s happening is a mystery to astronomers.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-22 08:07:50
After about one hundred years of growing increasingly dimmer, the North Star (Polaris), according to international astronomers, is now growing brighter. Why it’s happening is a mystery to astronomers.
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Asteroid 2008 BT18: 1 rock now seen as 2 asteroid buddies
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-14 07:57:46
Astronomers discovered asteroid 2008 BT18 earlier in 2008, thought it was a giant rock hurling through space near Earth, but now have found out that it is, actually, two asteroids--what astronomers call a binary asteroid.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-14 07:57:46
Astronomers discovered asteroid 2008 BT18 earlier in 2008, thought it was a giant rock hurling through space near Earth, but now have found out that it is, actually, two asteroids--what astronomers call a binary asteroid.
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See Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower July/August 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-09 10:30:15
The Southern Delta Aquarids is a meteor shower that will be visible from mid-July to mid-August, but will peak on July 28-29, 2008.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-09 10:30:15
The Southern Delta Aquarids is a meteor shower that will be visible from mid-July to mid-August, but will peak on July 28-29, 2008.
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Mars, Saturn, Regulus put on evening show in July skies
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-29 11:15:15
During the first ten days of July 2008, the two planets Mars and Saturn and the bright star Regulus will be seen low in the western sky after dusk and into the evening, less than one-third the way up from the horizon.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-29 11:15:15
During the first ten days of July 2008, the two planets Mars and Saturn and the bright star Regulus will be seen low in the western sky after dusk and into the evening, less than one-third the way up from the horizon.
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ABC NewsRadio axes StarStuff program – why?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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To build a really big radio telescope, use glass
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-19 17:03:43
Radio telescopes in China, Australia and Japan have been interconnected in real time for the first time using the optical networks of AARNet and its counterparts to enable very high resolution 'images' of remote celestial objects.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-19 17:03:43
Radio telescopes in China, Australia and Japan have been interconnected in real time for the first time using the optical networks of AARNet and its counterparts to enable very high resolution 'images' of remote celestial objects.
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Moon’s magical powers seem to rise on June 18th
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-17 08:30:16
Your eyes may deceive you but check out the full Moon rising in the eastern sky on Wednesday night, June 18, 2008. It’s huge, or is it the “Moon Illusion”?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-17 08:30:16
Your eyes may deceive you but check out the full Moon rising in the eastern sky on Wednesday night, June 18, 2008. It’s huge, or is it the “Moon Illusion”?
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HARPS sees HD 40307 planets: We have ability to find earth-type exoplanets
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-16 16:06:23
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-16 16:06:23
Astrophysicists have found, for the very first time, a trio of super-earth planets around a sun-like star.
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GLAST study of black holes set to launch June 3, 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-22 11:42:49
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is scheduled to launch Tuesday, June 3, 2008, for its mission to analyze exotic phenomena, such as supermassive black holes, all over the Universe that generate enormous amounts of very energetic gamma radiation.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-22 11:42:49
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is scheduled to launch Tuesday, June 3, 2008, for its mission to analyze exotic phenomena, such as supermassive black holes, all over the Universe that generate enormous amounts of very energetic gamma radiation.
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First for astronomers: Observed birth of supernova
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-22 09:22:34
U.S. astronomers Alicia Soderberg and Edo Berger, Princeton University, were observing the NCG 2770 galaxy when they noticed a rapidly brightening spot, which eventually faded. They had just seen, for the first time by anyone on Earth, the birth of a supernova using x-ray emissions.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-22 09:22:34
U.S. astronomers Alicia Soderberg and Edo Berger, Princeton University, were observing the NCG 2770 galaxy when they noticed a rapidly brightening spot, which eventually faded. They had just seen, for the first time by anyone on Earth, the birth of a supernova using x-ray emissions.
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103 meteoroid impacts on Moon in 2.5 years
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-21 11:18:00
NASA has announced that over one hundred impacts of meteoroids have been recorded by its astronomers at the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office. Backyard astronomers can see these light flashes if they have their telescopes positioned just right.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-21 11:18:00
NASA has announced that over one hundred impacts of meteoroids have been recorded by its astronomers at the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office. Backyard astronomers can see these light flashes if they have their telescopes positioned just right.
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Looking afar, with Microsoft's WWT
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-05-16 22:06:03
If you ever wanted to travel through space, visit galaxies, ponder supernovas, learn about dark matter, and get close to black holes, then now can experience these things right from your Windows desktop using the free WorldWide Telescope (released a few days ago by Microsoft Research).
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-05-16 22:06:03
If you ever wanted to travel through space, visit galaxies, ponder supernovas, learn about dark matter, and get close to black holes, then now can experience these things right from your Windows desktop using the free WorldWide Telescope (released a few days ago by Microsoft Research).
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